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2011 board of directorsJames E. Rains, Jr., AIASouth Atlantic Region DirectorRains Studio, PA1510 Main Street, Ste. DP.O. Box 308Ramseur, NC 27316Phone: (336) 824-8990E-mail: jim@rainsstudio.comJim Rains is the owner of Rains Studio, PA. Sincegraduating from North Carolina State University in1980 with a Bachelor of Environmental Design inArchitecture, Jlm has spent his entire career in the fieldas a Construction Administrator. In the past 30 yearshis projects have varied in size and scope, as have thecontractors and owners. He credits his mentor, thelate William J. Boney, AIA with teaching him how tobe a professional and instilling in him the importanceof honesty. Jim has long been involved in memberservice. He was responsible for the origination of theNational Construction Administration KnowledgeCommunity as one of the focuses of practice at theNational level. His most recent endeavors includeservice to the AIA as the 2011 National ArchiPAC chairand co-authoring The Construction Specificationslnstltute's Practice Guide for Constructlon ContractAdministration released in January 2011.Dr. William (Bill) J. Carpenter FAIASouth Atlantic Region DirectorLightroom Studio115-8 N. McDonough StreetDecatur, Georgia USA 30030Phone: (4O4)377-6889E-mail: bill@lightroom.tvDr. William J. Carpenter, FAIA, is the founder andpresident of Lightroom Studio, a nationally awardwinning design firm in Decatur, Georgia specializing inarchitecture and new media projects for commercialand residential clients. He is a nationally recognizedarchitect and educator. Carpenter received theNational ACSA/AIAS Educator of the Year Award in2OOO and the National Young Architects Citation in1997. He was elected as a Fellow in the AIA in 2000. Heis also author of the book 'Learning by Building: Designand Construction in Architectural Education'' His workhas been published in Southern Living, Atlanta Homesand Lifestyles, Print Magazine, Atlanta Magazine, andEra April 2006, He studied and worked for renownedarchitect and AIA Gold Medalist Samuel Mockbee FAIAand New York architect Norman Jaffe FAIA'